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“murderer” in Latin
homicīdaa murderer, a manslayer, a slayer of men; a murderessparricīdaparricide (person)sīcāriusassassin, contract killer, murdererpercussorA stabber, striker, shooter.; A murderer, assassin, bandit; executioner.patriafatherland, native land; homeexercitusexercise; trouble, affliction; an exercised, disciplined body of men, an armyfrātricīdaa brother's murderer, fratricidemātricīdaA person who kills his own mother, matricide.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
murderer
homicida (general term): parricida (of a person naturally sacred and inviolable, as of a father, mother, brother or sister, magistrate, prince, etc.; where perspicuity requires it, also with a word denoting the individual on whom the murder is committed; as parricida liberum, Liv., 3, 50; parricida regis, patriae, exercitus, Curt., 6, 9, 30; parricida parentis sui, Curt., 8, 7, 2): sicarius (an assassin): percussor (one who smites; sometimes as a milder expression for sicarius; Vid: Cic., Rosc. Am., 33, 93): auctor necis (the originator of a murder; opposed to conscius necis, i. e., one privy to it). The murderer of anyone, alicujus interfector (never, except where the context determines the sense, used without a word denoting the individual murdered. ☞ We find occisor alicujus only in Plaut., Mil., 4, 2, 64; interemtor and peremtor are of later origin, and therefore to be avoided): the murderer of a brother, fratricida; of a mother, matricida.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for murderer?
- The usual Latin words for “murderer” are homicīda, parricīda, sīcārius; also percussor, patria, exercitus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.